Last Resort, The (television)

Last Resort, The (television) Reality series debuting on ABC Family on January 20, 2003, and ending on March 31, 2003. Dysfunctional couples are taken to a Hawaiian island to work out their relationships. From Buena Vista Prods. and Fisher Entertainment in association with Wheeler/Sussman Prods.

Last Flight of Noah’s Ark, The (film)

Last Flight of Noah’s Ark, The (film) An unemployed pilot, fleeing debt collectors, accepts the risky mission of flying an old converted B-29, loaded with farm animals, an attractive young missionary, and two young orphan stowaways, to an island in the Pacific. The plane crash-lands on a small island inhabited by two World War II …

Lasseter, John

Lasseter, John After a stint in the Disney animation department in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he returned in 1995 as the director of Toy Story for Pixar and directed or produced all of the remaining Disney-Pixar releases. In 2006, with Disney’s purchase of Pixar, he was named chief creative officer of both Pixar …

Laserdisc

Laserdisc The first Disney films were released on disc on December 16, 1978.

Laserphonic Fantasy

Laserphonic Fantasy Show at Epcot; beginning on June 9, 1984, and superseded by Illuminations in 1988. The show was essentially a less sophisticated version of Illuminations, without the spotlighting of the individual countries.

Last Chance Café

Last Chance Café Restaurant in Frontierland in Disneyland Paris; opened on April 12, 1992.

Last Dance (film)

Last Dance (film) Rick Hayes is a cocky young lawyer from a wealthy family who is assigned the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman on death row. After years of appeals, Cindy no longer wants to fight to save her life. But during the course of Rick’s visits and research to prepare a clemency …

Larson, Eric

Larson, Eric (1905-1988) Animator; one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men, ” he began at the Studio in 1933 and worked on such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and The Great Mouse Detective as animator and directing animator. His patience and skill in explaining animation techniques made him …

Lapland (film)

Lapland (film) People and Places featurette; released on July 3, 1957. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Filmed in CinemaScope. 29 min. High in the frigid zone of the continent of Europe, where the Arctic Circle cuts through the upper tips of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, is the land of the Lapps—a people privileged to cross …

Larkin, Linda

Larkin, Linda She voiced Jasmine in Aladdin and Ralph Breaks the Internet. She also provided the voice in later sequels, spin-offs, and television specials. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.